- The brown-headed
honeyeater (
Melithreptus brevirostris) is a
species of p****erine bird in the
family Meliphagidae. It is
endemic to Australia. Its natural...
-
likely unaware,
described as
Melithreptus melanocephalus in 1844. It has been
further subdivided into two subgenera,
Melithreptus and
Eidopsarus based on foraging...
- Black-headed
honeyeater Melithreptus affinis Brown-headed
honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Black-chinned
honeyeater Melithreptus gularis Strong-billed...
- White-throated honeyeater,
Melithreptus albogularis White-naped honeyeater,
Melithreptus lunatus Brown-headed honeyeater,
Melithreptus brevirostris Black-chinned honeyeater...
-
cyanotis (Latham, 1801)
Melithreptus Black-chinned honeyeater,
Melithreptus gularis (Gould, 1837) Strong-billed honeyeater,
Melithreptus validirostris (Gould...
- (Lichenostomus chrysops), brown-headed
honeyeater (
Melithreptus brevirostris), white-naped
honeyeater (
Melithreptus lunatus) and
silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)...
- honeyeater,
Melithreptus gularis - Aus Strong-billed honeyeater,
Melithreptus validirostris - Aus Brown-headed honeyeater,
Melithreptus brevirostris - Aus White-throated...
- take young.
There is one
record of a brown-headed
honeyeater (
Melithreptus brevirostris)
feeding on an egg.
Predation is the
commonest cause of nest failure...
- White-throated
honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis Gilbert's
honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis (E) Brown-headed
honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Black-chinned...
- by
eating more in
winter months. The brown-headed
honeyeater (
Melithreptus brevirostris) and yellow-tufted
honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) have been...
